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O.K. so how do I join and what's involved ?
Simply complete a form and add a bit of code to one of your pages and you will appear in the Cornwall Topsites. Please look at this picture of the form to see how easy it is !
The information required is:
your email address
your site URL ( the address of your site - for example http://www.smallwonder.org/index.html)
your site title (maximum 75 characters)
your site description (maximum 300 characters)
your banner URL (if you have a banner - the address where it can be found)
your banner height and width in pixels should not be more than 60 x 468
your reciprocal link back to the
Cornwall Topsites (for example http://www.smallwonder.org/links.htm)
your username (your choice)
your password (your choice)
The form contains some fields which are not currently used."Category" should be left blank.
After you have clicked 'submit', you will see a screen which tells you your unique bit of HTML code which you need to save and place in the HTML code of your webpage. Incidentally, this code which links back to Cornwall Topsites looks similar to this:
"http://greatsites.netfirms.com/cgi-bin/county/rankem.cgi?id=tinpixie"
where 'tinpixie' represents a unique account name. In this case it is the account name for this page. Your code (including your unique account name) should go in the page which you entered as 'Reciprocal Link'. A text link is acceptable, although a nice link via a Cornish symbol or picture of your own devising would be greatly appreciated. It's hoped to offer some small linking images fairly soon.
And then what happens ? What's the benefit to me ?
When visitors click on your link (or banner) on the Cornwall Topsites page they are taken to your website and a counter on our server records the outward 'hit'. Conversely, when someone clicks on the reciprocal link on your page they are taken to the Cornwall Topsites where they can select one of the many interesting sites created by or for Cornish people. An inward 'hit' is then recorded against your website, and it is these inward 'hits' which cause your site to be ranked - the more inward 'hits' the higher up the rankings you will go. As the topsites list grows, so more and more traffic flows around our sites.
The competitive element of the list is to see how high or low your fortunes have fallen in the Cornwall Topsites.
Facts
The list reranks every 6 hours thus taking account of the latest inward and outward 'hits'. It completely resets itself weekly. To get listed in any one week you need at least one click on your link to the Cornwall Topsites list. Currently the list can accommodate banners for the top 35 sites.
The site will always be child friendly, in otherwords, no site will be allowed to join which would not be acceptable viewing for children and adults alike. Obviously I can't look at everything so I can't ensure that there is not a link somewhere on one or more of the sites which might appear to contravene this best intention.
Anyway, please enjoy Cornwall Topsites !
